Obama set January deadline for gun proposals; disregards basic American liberties

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country.

“This time, the words need to lead to action,” said Obama, who set a January deadline for the recommendations. He vowed to push for their implementation without delay.

The president, who exerted little political capital on gun control during his first term, also pressed Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004. He also called for stricter background checks for people who seek to purchase weapons and limited high capacity clips.

“The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing,” Obama said. “The fact that we can’t prevent every act of violence doesn’t mean we can’t steadily reduce the violence.”

Obama’s announcement Wednesday underscores the urgency the White House sees in formulating a response to the shooting in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children and six adults were killed when a man carrying a military-style rifle stormed an elementary school.

The massacre has prompted several congressional gun rights supporters to consider new legislation to control firearms, and there is some concern that their willingness to engage could fade as the shock and sorrow over the Newtown shooting eases.

Obama said Wednesday it was “encouraging” to see people of different backgrounds and political affiliations coming to an understanding that the country has an obligation to prevent such violence.

Appealing to gun owners, Obama said he believes in the Second Amendment and the country’s strong tradition of gun ownership. And he said “the vast majority of gun owners in America are responsible.”

The president tasked Vice President Joe Biden with leading the administration-wide effort to create new gun control policies. Obama also wants his team to consider ways to improve mental health resources and address ways to create a culture that doesn’t promote violence.

The departments of Justice, Education, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security will all be part of the process.

Biden’s prominent role in the process could be an asset for the White House in getting gun legislation through Congress. The vice president spent decades in the Senate and has been called on by Obama before to use his long-standing relationships with lawmakers to build support for White House measures.

Hey Obama how about you use some of our tax money to pay for trained professional armed security guards for schools? (Not the TSA) Let me guess, you’d rather disarm American citizens instead of having a logical solution… You’re agenda obviously does not have the public’s best intentions in mind. You purposely overlook the facts and seriously need to reassess the situation because your desperate attempts to rid citizens of their rights are far too apparent now. I wonder what you will do this new years eve because we will never forget what you did last year. Even though you are destroying America on purpose, we pray for you because you must have no idea how destructive you’ve become towards your own kind, yet realize ignorance cannot save you. We understand that you have been majorly brainwashed since you were young. Personally re-think the eternal position your soul is in. It’s still not too late to have a change of heart. I know you mock my Lord and Savior, you disregard his love and sacrifice. That is why you feel so empty inside and filling that void with darkness is the path to perpetual self dissolution and torment. Obama, look at Venus.. Do you really want the entire world’s blood on your hands? That will be the final end result of your corrupt agenda. If you fear death by man then you have no clue what God will righteously do to you once you finish participating in the destructive collective force. You are our president, you currently have the power to help lead history towards a bight future that betters the human species or much worse dark path for all. Choose wisely because the opportunity to reverse the beast you have been feeding will soon diminish completely.

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All these mass shootings are MKULTRA mind control. The goal is to get us to disarm ourselves. Now look at the facts, past gun laws still allowed us to be armed to the teeth. Now in the last four years thousands of simi-auto rifles have been sold and are still selling in large numbers. Along with that four years of high capacity magazines and the current flying off the shelves makes any gun control useless. Also, soldiers from the Vietnam war, both gulf wars, managed to Successfully ship back to the states, AK-47s that the government knows nothing about. The only way this globalist communist government can achieve gun confiscation is by force. They can’t take us all at once.